People Search relevance is not optimized when the Active Directory has errors in the manager reporting structure (SharePoint 2013)

SharePoint 2013

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2013, SharePoint Foundation 2013

Topic Last Modified: 2013-12-18

Summary: Learn how to resolve the SharePoint Health Analyzer rule "People Search relevance is not optimized when the Active Directory has errors in the manager reporting structure".

Rule Name: People Search relevance is not optimized when the Active Directory has errors in the manager reporting structure.

Summary: In Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), only company leaders should have the Manager property set to NULL. If the Manager property is set to NULL for other users, people search relevance is reduced. To optimize people search relevance, explicitly specify company leaders. People search can then use this information to improve relevance.

Cause: Company leaders have not been explicitly specified.

Resolution: Specify company leaders.

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